States

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The States are the individual self-governing regional political units within the federal system of Australia, each with its own parliament and constitutional powers.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
States canonical 1
States of the Commonwealth 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constituent state ⓘ
first-level administrative division ⓘ
areDistinctFrom territories of Australia ⓘ
areRepresentedIn Australian House of Representatives ⓘ
Australian Senate ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Australia
canLegislateOn criminal law ⓘ
education ⓘ
health (subject to Commonwealth powers) ⓘ
state infrastructure ⓘ
transport ⓘ
canRaise state taxes and charges ⓘ
canReferPowersTo Commonwealth of Australia ⓘ
constitutionalAmendmentProcess state constitutions can be amended by state parliaments (sometimes requiring referendum, depending on state) ⓘ
constitutionalPowers residual powers not exclusively vested in the Commonwealth by the Australian Constitution ⓘ
constitutionalStatus self-governing regional political units ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
electoralSystem parliamentary representative democracy ⓘ
emergencyServicesResponsibility state emergency and fire services ⓘ
federatedOn 1 January 1901 ⓘ
federationInstrument Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 (UK) ⓘ
governanceStructure federal system ⓘ
hasConstitution state constitution ⓘ
hasHeadOfGovernment state premier ⓘ
hasLegislature state parliament ⓘ
hasPart Jervis Bay Territory (special purpose territory formerly part of New South Wales) ⓘ
New South Wales ⓘ
Queensland ⓘ
South Australia ⓘ
Tasmania ⓘ
Victoria ⓘ
Western Australia ⓘ
haveEqualSenateRepresentation yes ⓘ
haveLocalGovernmentSubdivision local government areas ⓘ
haveOwnPublicHolidays state public holidays ⓘ
haveOwnSymbols state coats of arms ⓘ
state flags ⓘ
historicalOrigin British colonies on the Australian continent ⓘ
judicialSystem state courts with appeals to federal courts and ultimately the High Court of Australia ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
numberOfStates 6 ⓘ
policePower state police forces ⓘ
publicEducationResponsibility state school systems ⓘ
publicHospitalsResponsibility state public hospital systems ⓘ
relationshipToCommonwealth share sovereignty with the Commonwealth of Australia under a federal constitution ⓘ
sharesHeadOfState monarch of Australia ⓘ
sharesHeadOfStateRepresentative state governor ⓘ
transportInfrastructureResponsibility most roads and public transport within states ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Section 29 of the Australian Constitution → appliesTo → States of the Commonwealth ⓘ
linked to: States